Comment on Rust et al.
Human–Carnivore Conflict in Namibia Is Not Simply About Black and White
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22934173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gail C Potgieter (0000-0001-5345-088X, corresponding author), Florian Johannes Weise (CLAWS Conservancy, Worcester, MA, USA), Bettina Wachter (0000-0002-0414-2298, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany), Jörg Melzheimer (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany), Ingrid Wiesel (Brown Hyena Research Project, Lüderitz, Namibia), Ken Stratford (0000-0001-7585-982X, Ongava Research Centre, Outjo, Namibia) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1299-1303 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2017.1283077 |
| OpenAlex | W2588863416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Carnivore conservationists agree that addressing the socioeconomic needs of people is critical to human-carnivore conflict mitigation. We therefore welcome studies that encompass complex social and cultural factors that affect the severity of human-carnivore conflict on Namibian farmlands. However, we contend that the recent study by Rust et al. (2016 Rust, N. A., J. Tzanopoulos, T. Humle, and D. C. MacMillan. 2016. Why has human–carnivore conflict not been resolved in Namibia? Society & Natural Resources 29 (9):1079–94. doi:10.1080/08941920.2016.1150544[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) was poorly designed, used inappropriate sampling methods, lacked quantitative information on their qualitative results, and ultimately produced unsupported conclusions about the role of historic apartheid and current racism in exacerbating human-carnivore conflict in Namibia. We outline our concerns regarding the methods used, and demonstrate that the conclusions drawn by Rust et al. were not supported by their data.
Biology · Carnivore · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Social conflict · Sociology · Ecology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |